The 2 Best JOLTED Podcast Episodes
1) Part 1: The Shooting That Didn’t Happen
Jack Sawyer’s journal contained a startling confession. It landed him in jail, and sent shockwaves through the state of Vermont.
2) Part 4: The Reversal
How a Republican governor who had been rated "A" by the NRA decided that Vermont, one of the most gun-friendly states in the nation, needed gun control laws.
3) Coming of age — and coming out — in the time of civil unions
July 1st, 2025 marks the 25th anniversary of civil unions in Vermont. This legal alternative to marriage was the first of its kind in the United States. In the Vermont Supreme Court case Baker v. Verm...Show More
4) The Arts that Shape Us #2: Tibetan Music and Dance
For Tibetan-American artist Migmar Tsering, music and dance are inextricably linked to being Tibetan. Migmar first learned traditional dance in the village of Langkor in the county of Tingri. He was ...Show More
5) The Arts that Shape Us #1: Barre Stone Carvers
Since at least the 1870s, people in central Vermont have cut, chiseled, hoisted, polished, and carved local granite, creating monuments, statues, and especially memorial grave markers. The granite ind...Show More
6) The Afghan Women of Brattleboro #6: Tremendous Journey
“There is a lot of change from the beginning up to now, and we are still learning every day.” The experience of resettling in Brattleboro has changed not only the Afghan women who had to rebuild thei...Show More
7) The Afghan Women of Brattleboro #5: Home Lives
“My daughters will be raised in America, so their lives will be different from mine.” Some Afghan women in Brattleboro left their country because their husbands had jobs connected to the Afghan milit...Show More
8) The Afghan Women of Brattleboro #4: Like a Stone
“Many of us who are here in Brattleboro ... we had a good life in Afghanistan.” Afghan women in their 40s and 50s grew up surrounded by war. They went to school off and on, depending on how much viol...Show More
9) The Afghan Women of Brattleboro #3: Another Page
“I grew up with all these stories, all this history. How can I accept in one night, everything is changed?” Many young women who came of age during Afghanistan’s 20 years of democracy went to high sc...Show More
10) The Afghan Women of Brattleboro #2: Arrival
“Is any place in the United States of America called Vermont?” As Afghan women left their country and embarked on a journey halfway around the world, they mourned their losses: family, homes, careers...Show More